FM Global Opportunities

FM Global invites civil engineering students to visit their booth at the Industrial Roundtable on September 11.  Descriptions below are for two positions they are looking to fill in the Chicago Office. They have offices worldwide, however, and can always send resumes to other office recruiters. FM Global is an engineering based insurance company with great benefits, an amazing work life balance, and competitive salaries.

Consultant Engineer:

 

Chicago Office

Park Ridge, Illinois

This operations center handles inquiries for opportunities in:

Illinois, Indiana, the upper peninsula of Michigan and Wisconsin

At FM Global you have the power to influence outcomes and make a difference in the future - yours, your clients’, and the company’s. When you join our team as a Consultant Engineer, you have the ability to leverage your engineering background to help clients neutralize potential disaster—saving property, businesses and lives.

With the company’s nearly two centuries of knowledge and experience behind you, you’ll work hands on with some of the world’s most influential organizations, helping them understand risk and protect their assets. And you will have the resources to build a rewarding career at FM Global including 18 months of classroom and field based training to start.

Responsibilities

If you enjoy variety, put your time-management and organization skills to use handling field visits, office work, and projects for large commercial occupancies and hazards. You will work with minimal supervision and must be capable of working independently.

Initially, assignments will be of limited scope and complexity giving you the opportunity to learn. You will gradually begin assessing risks at larger complex commercial properties by visiting client facilities and performing evaluations that accurately quantify foreseeable physical and human element exposures while working with client on-site risk management.

You will perform “hands-on” site assessments of the physical property including roofs and conduct evaluations which include, but are not limited to, site water supplies, dust hazards, chemical storage, and rack storage arrangements of client products.

Consultant Engineers are charged with ensuring that FM Global Engineering Standards are followed and, as necessary, must communicate the appropriate recommendations and/or engineering solutions to ensure client understanding and agreement for risk improvement so strong communication, listening and interpersonal skills are a must.

You should be willing to operate from a home office and will be expected to travel to clients' facilities daily; overnight travel is expected approximately 30% of the time. You must also be willing to travel to Natural Catastrophe sites as needed.

Qualifications

Successful Consultant Engineer candidates have the following qualifications:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Good analytical, organizational, problem solving, and interpersonal skills
• Efficient time management ability with minimal supervision
• Solid technical aptitude including diverse knowledge of engineering principles
• Valid driver’s license
• Physical ability to climb ladders, lift >25 lbs., balance, and heights
• Proficient in MS Office products
  You will be expected to work independently and should be willing to operate from a home office.
   
   
  Plan Review Consultant Engineer:
   
  Chicago Office
  Park Ridge, Illinois
  This operations center handles inquiries for opportunities in:
  Illinois, Indiana, the upper peninsula of Michigan and Wisconsin
   
  Overview
  At FM Global you have the power to influence outcomes and make a difference in the future - yours, your clients’, and the company’s. When you join our team as a Plan Review Consultant Engineer, you have the ability to leverage your engineering background to help clients neutralize potential disaster—saving property, businesses and lives.
  With the company’s nearly two centuries of knowledge and experience behind you, you’ll work hands on with some of the world’s most influential organizations, helping them understand risk and protect their assets.
  You will have the resources to build a rewarding career at FM Global including classroom training at FM Global conference center in Norwood, MA. The career path for a Plan Review Consultant goes into the field engineering position that offers plenty of opportunities.
  Responsibilities
  If you enjoy variety, put your time-management and organization skills to use handling plan review of standard construction, equipment, occupancy and protection drawings for large commercial occupancies and hazards.
  You will conduct review of construction, equipment and fire protection plans based on the engineering Operating Standards of FM Global, identifying deficiencies and reasonably foreseeable physical and human element exposures for fire, equipment and natural hazard perils.
  You will comprehensively review and thoroughly understand the scope of the client's construction, equipment and/or risk improvement project under review in order to identify, prioritize, and pursue other review opportunities not initially presented by the client.
  You will identify new projects as well as the need for further project activity and discuss with the manager to determine viability, timing and how to proceed.
  Qualifications
  Successful Plan Review Engineer candidates have the following qualifications:

• a Bachelor’s degree in electrical, civil, chemical or mechanical engineering
• Strong verbal and written communications skills both in Portuguese and English. English skills is a must and will be duly certified in the hiring process
• Good analytical, organizational, problem solving, and interpersonal skills
• Efficient time management and prioritization abilities
• Solid technical aptitude of engineering principles
• Proficient in MS Office products
  This is an office based position headed at the FM Global office in Chicago